Plymouth Tribune, Volume 4, Number 8, Plymouth, Marshall County, 24 November 1904 — Page 6

SOLDIERS AT HOME.

THEY TELL SOME INTERESTING ANECDOTES OF THE WAR. How the Boy of Both Armies Whlled Away Life in Camp Foraginc Ex periencee, Tlreon.i Marches Thr 11 Uns Scenes en the Battlefield. "The Russians and the Japs on the Shakhe," said the doctor, "seemed for a few days to be getting quite socia ble. At least, they were close enough to each other to be sociable if such fellows ever are sociable. Close as they were, however, they couldn't have the fun we had in the old time, because they don't speak the same language or read the same papers. And then it is a mistake to say that no two great armies ever remained in such proximity before for so many days without fighting. The Army of the Cumberland and Bragg's Limy remained, after the battle of Chlckaxnauga, in easy speaking distance for several weeks. "After the heavy fighting at Chickamauga Rosecrans army, as everybody knows, withdrew to Chattanooga, while the Confederate army closed up around it on three sides. But only the old soldiers know the incidents of our withdrawal to Chattanooga. I left General Thomas late in the afternoon of Sept. 20 to curry a message to the medical officer in charge at Chattanooga, and to General Itosecrans, if I could find him. I rode frocn the turnolJ of battle across Missionary Ridge into the quiet of the plain between the ridge and Chattanooga. It was so quiet there and so noisy beyond the ridge that I could hardly believe ray ears. As I rode toward the town I met no one, and no guard or outpost challenged me. As I jogged along I came upon a strange group, posing, It seemed to me, for a picture. "There were probably a dozen men on horseback, and all except one were quiet as statues, the low sun In the west lighting them up in a way to make them look like figures in a tableau. One of the figures was pointing here and there, and this man was Rosecrans. As I came nearer I saw. that he was marking out positions for the divisions of his army. In a few minutes the group moved to another point and the marking out process was repeated. Then I rode out to Chattanooga and across the river to find my man, and came upon another surprise. Ilere were parked long wagon trains with hundreds of horses munching corn, and teamsters going unconcernedly about like men at home doing their evening chores. And yet not tei miles away two armies were fighting one of the fiercest battles of the civil war to a standstill. "North of the river there was no confusion or disorder. The scene was quite pastoral, and nobody seemed under a strain or greatly concerned about the battle except a chaplain holding services in a forest glade, who prayed that the God of Battles might give victory to our arms. Even the chaplain flidn't seem to understand that a crisis was at hand. Terplexed and ind'gnant, I rode back toward the front and met our division going quietly into position In Rossrille Cap. I told the boys what I had seen in town and beyond, but they didn't believe me, except as to Rosecrans. and they didn't be'ieve he meant to give up Missionary Ridge. They knew better the next day, when the army retired from Missionary Ridge and our division began to build Fort Palmer Just where Rosecrans sat on his horse when I first saw him on Sunday. We expected the rebels to occupy the ridge at once and charge down it to our lines, and we worked with feverish haste. After a day or two, when the fortifications began to assume shape, we knew the rebels wouldn't charge, and we began to feel at home. "We agreed, in the talk about the camp fires, that' Rosecrans might be right about giving up Missionary Ridge, but we bet all our money that' Le wouldn't ?ive up Lookout Mountain, only a few miles to the west Imagine our surprise when one afternoon the rebels opened on us from batteries well up on our slope of Lookout This put a heavy load on a good many hearts, because with the rebels on Lookout we were cut off from the road down the river to Bridgeport But as shot after shot was firecL and not a sh 11 or cannon ball came near us, we folt better. The bombardment was c spectacular affair, but we d'dn't care for it as we did for the sharpshooter on our front pushing the rebel picket line under our noses. At last we were permitted to give these sharpshooter serious attention, and we established our picket line under their nose. They kept creeping forward, and we kept doing the same until we were in conversational range. "Oar pickets were in little holes in the tall grass, and a few yards away the rebs were curled up in holes, blazing away at every Yankee who showed bis head. It was very exciting and uncomfortable for several days, but one night a reb In our front suggested conversationally that we were keeping one another on the Jump without doing any good, and asked why in thunder we couldn't be decent and quit shooting every time a. fellow sneezed. One of our fellows saiig out "Shake on that!" and the outcome of the talk was that the snipers on both sides kept on their own ground and there was no more chboting on the picket lines, except when a reb or a. Yank intruded on forbidden territory, or when one side cr the other moved forward on a recoanoissance. "As a rule, however, the lines were quiet by an arrangement among the pickets themselves. In a few days they went further, and, meet! v half way between the lines, delegrt from outposts on either side exchtingt 1 papers and traded coffee for tobacco. The pickets were becoming quite sociable and friendly when General Rosecrans learned of the a mazing condition oh hii front and put a etc? to the wfcola business. But there were occasions vrhsn the outpost U-rd3 stood up and IclicJ czth ether over, watchful but tzcllncd to peace. TTe tad tha cdvnnt-rz-i unl cmlvc3 tlzz! tis j

language, ate the 6ame things, and were interested in the same things. In addition to this, ' Northerners and Southerners had the same Idea of honor and fair play, and, no matter how tacitly an agreement was made, it was kept until one side or the other called

it off. Generals Rosecrans, Thomas and Bragg would have been scandalized had they known of all the unwritten laws of picket service in vogue at that time; but there never was the slightest departure from strictest military rectitude. "General Grant, when he came to Chattanooga, was greatly amused at the conditions on the picket line, but he accepted them after he rode almost into a rebel picket post one day and was warned off in friendly spirit. On the day that General Thomas moved forward In force there was an end to a truce on outposts the like of which probably was never seen before and has not been seen since. In the Chattanooga case the armies faced each other for eight weeks, their main camps so close that cheers in one could be heard in the other; so close that bands playing in one camp could be heard in both. This seems incredible in this age of long range guns, but it is true. Chicago Inter Ocean. Bravery In Battle. All the world is talking about and wondering over the bravery of the Japanese soldiers as shown by their reckless daring in the war with Russia. There Is much praise also for the brave Russian soldiers, and both Japs and Russians deserve all the good words they get But the notion that the little brown men of Chrysanthemum land or the stolid peasant soldiers of the Czar'r; empire have more nerve and stamina, that they are showing greater heroism, more indifference to death than those fighting men from further west... capable of showing, is a mistake. Who is there who knows about the wild charge of Pickett and his men at Gettysburg can doubt that American soldiers have before now gone to their death with all the nerve, the abandon, the recklessness that have characterized the charges made by the Japs at Port Arthur and Llao-Yang. There was another charge at Gettysburg in which the superb courage of which the American soldier is capable was magnificently developed. This charge Is almost forgotten because It was made on the same day as Pickett's, and was not quite so spectacular. It was led by General Elon B. Farnsworth on the rocky tree-covered slopes of Round Top, and was ordered by General Kilpatrick. It is only the truth of history that Farnsworth hesitated, though not primarily for himself. The only object of the charge, undeniably hopeless on the face of the situation, was to draw the enemy's fire, and Farnsworth balked. Looking at his splendid troops he answered when directed to advance: "They are too good men to kilt General Kilpatrick." "I will lead the charge if yor, are afraid," was Kilpatrick's answei, and instantly Farnsporth gave the orders to forward and charge. It was only a pitifully short time before Farnsworth's command was all but annihilated. Completely surrounded by the Confederates, with only a handful of his men left his horse shot from under him, Farusworth jumped Into the empty saddle of a fallen trooper and started to cut his way through a whole regiment of the enemy. On and on he went felling his opponents in his progress, but taking as well as giving, until at last mortally wounded in five places General Farnsworth demonstrated on the slopes of Round Top that sort of bravery upon which Is builded the foundation stones of all live and virile nations. No one who understands his countrymen doubts that they are as brave to-day as they were in the 'CO's. Gen. Sherman Blander. Everett P. Wheeler, a New York lawyerand some of those fellows are very subtle Informed the universal congress of lawyers at St Louis that Sherman's march to the sea, during which much private property was destroyed, helped "the Confederate cause and delayed the final result." The statement was challenged, but the report does not show that Mr Wheeler replied and cleared up the mystery, says the Washington Star. John Alien of Mississippi once told the House of Representatives hi a humorous speech about the retreat of a Confederate command of which he was a member. The federals had been pressing them very hard all day, and it looked as if in the end they might be rounded up. Late in the afternoon they began some lively rear-guard .firing, and one of Allen's comrades said to him impatiently: "I wish to heaven they'd stop thatl It only makes them Yankees the madder." We find in this little trtory probably the essence of Mr. Wheeler's reasoning. The destruction that necessarily attended the advance of so large a force Into the enemy's country simply made the Confederates the "madder." It fired them with fresh resistance. If General Sherman instead of putting his conquering battalions on the move had addressed his opponents a polite letter from Atlanta, giving the number of his troops and the details of his dispositions, and thus have demonstrated to the Confederates that he could inarch to the sea and would if they didn't ground arms at once, the war would have ended months before it did. The Confederates would have quit simply to save their smokehouses and chicken roosts. ' j It should surprise no one that at thl meeting the glass roof gave way and the broken panes came tumbling down. Being In a glass house, Mr. Wheeler should net have boon hurling stones. And, moreover, he was speaking within a stones throw of General Sherman's grave. Wfcca Lj Cuccess a Fafttire. When you have lived a double life and practiced double-dealing. When it brings you no message cf culture, education, travel, or of epperWhen the attainment of toot amfcltlcn tiz t:-t:l tio zlz2i:z.z crJ arcz-zl Cs bi-pc3 cf ether 3.

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SOWING GRAIN IN STANDING CORN. It is conceded by most farmers, that a crop of grain sown in standing corn is never as' good as that taken from fallow ground; if often happens, however, that the farmer is so situated that he cannot cut up all his corn, but still (wishes to seed all the land. What then is the best way to proceed with wheat or rye? In the first place it is much cheaper getting in a crop on such ground than the summer plowing and preparing of fallow; good wheat raisers tell us that land for wheat should be sowed and worked down several weeks before sowing time. Now thiä is exactly the condi tion of corn land, broken in the s Dring, cultivated during the season. and then left in plenty of time to settle and become fine by September 15 or 20 giving us then an ideal seed bed encumbered only by the standing corn. To get the grain in properly the farmer must have a good onehorse drill either five or six hand with a fertilizer attachment Have a streng, steady horse and give him his time, put a muzzle on him to save waiting corn and use a short singletree: it will help in turning, if the outside row of corn is cut at ends of field3. With a good horse, a careful man will do good work and sow from five to six acres per day. The drill Is arranged so it can be widened or clcsed to suit the widtn of rows; if corn is down or eaning, it will require an extra hand to go ahead and turn it. By using caie and having a slow horse, the drill can be run very closa to corn thus avoiding vacant strips of land. Of course farmers differ in their methods of work; some say you can never count on a good yield of wheat on corn ground. But I have raised 23 bushels per acre in standing corn and maintain that if it Is not the best way to grow wheat it is often a very convenient way and so much cheaper, that one can afford to take a little less per acre. It is often objected that the corn rows will make very rough bottom if laad is seede down to meadow, but I find by actual experience that if tne corn receives level cultivation at it should, if the J .st plowing is shallow, and in cu'tnr, meadow the mower is run with the old corn rows, you will find very litue trouble. Again I think the stalks are a protection to grain in winter, cr after bMng pastured by cattb they are broken down, make a covering, hold the snows and final. y d-scay on the land. I used to know a farmer who had creek bottom fields planted in corn each year; he always sowtd rye in his standing corn early in the fall, by which he kept his fields covered, got a let of pasture when ths ground was so he could turn in, and had a valuable coat of green manure tx turn under in tna spring for the next crop and mellow the effects cf the rye roots. In sowing grain in standing corn, I would prefer that the corn be planted north tnd south so that the drill rows cf grain may stand fairly to the sun and receive its effects equally on both sides. If the corn stands well, so it can be readily done, a one-horse drag or an old machine wheel drawn through the middles ahead of drill will smooth down any chance clods, level up the ground and insure the drill covering the seed to a uniform depth. As to amount of clean seed, kind and quantity of fertilizer per acre, I leave that to the intelligent decision cf each farmer. A. B. Milligan, in the Epitomist, GROWING CLOVER. The growing of clover has so important place In dairy husbandry that we reproduce the following in this department from A. M. TenEyck in Kansas Farmer: "It is usual to sow about ten to fifteen pounds of common red clover per acre, while five to eight pounds of the alsike clover per acre is sufficient. "Clover should be sown yearly In the spring on a well-prepared seedbed. The ground should be mellow at the surface but not loosened co deeply; rather, the subsurface should be firm (not hard). A good seed-bed for clover may bo prepared by disking and harrowing corn-stubble, or on early fall-plowed ground. As a rule, it is not best to spring-plow land for seeding clover, alfalfa, or any grass seed. Ground freshly plowed is apt tn hA tco loose and mellow, and in case the weather remains dry the seed will start poorly and the young p'.ants may be destroyed by flrouth. Clover may be sown broadcast and harrowed in. . The seed-bed should befully prepared before seeding and ona harrowing after the seeding is sufficient to ccver the seed. vIt may be safer in the average sa-son to put the clover in with the drill. It will be necessary to have a grass-seeder attachment on the ordinary grain-drill in order to sow clover. An attachment in which the tubes from the grass seeder box join the spouts from the grain-box in order mat the seed may be sown in the drill furrows Is one of the be?t kind of Implements to use for sseding clover. Jsually at this station we nave had gocd success in sowing broadcast and this is , the simplest method of seeding. The clover may be se'eded clover has made soro start it is able to withstand considerable drouth and adverse weather conditions. "At thl3 station we have the best success in getting a stand of clover in seeding alone without a nurse crop. In a fa vcrabl'3 season, however, it is possible to gtt a stand cf clover by seeding with some early spring grain. Abo I have known of instances where clover was seeded in the wheat early in the cpring and harrowed in. The cultivation as a rule does not injure ti.3 wheat and in a favorable esason it iz pcl-b to net a catch in,thh wcy. In case clover is ceeded vfi Ji c;.::;rir3 cni tho clover ilcull I L:l2i citer tha cultivation Ij 2-

ished and the grain is sown, and then harrowed in lightly, once harrowing after seeding being sufficient to cover the seed. When grain is used as a nurse-crop It is best to sow the grain thinner, than is the usval practica wnen grain is grown alone." by hand or a handy implement fof seeding broadcast is the little wheelbarrow seeder. It is possible, also, to sow clover-seed with an ordinary grain-drill by mixing the eeed with ground feed, bran, ashes, etc., in proper proportions so as to "sow 'the required amount of clover-seed per acre. Care should be taken in seeding with the drill not to plant the soed too deep. In the early spring the seed should not ba covered with more thaa an inch or so of mellow soil. There

is some danger of clover being killed' by hard frosts in the spring wnen it is sown too early, and it may be safer to prepare the seed-bed and sow when the danger from hard frosts Is past, choosing a time for seeding when it will sprout and grow at once. As a rule, however, I prefer early spring seeding; as the season advances and , the weather gets hoc, the young plants are apt to be burned off by a few days of hot weather, whereas if the COST OF A YEARLING CALF. The market value of a cow raised K on the farm does not represent the whole profit of the operation. The home-raised cow, if properly cared for. Is likely to give better satisfaction than one which has come out by chance and which has been sold by its owner for some good reason; but I j reckon that calf raising is also a fair-! ly good money-making operation. I estimate the value of the young calf fit to raise at $4, milk for ten days 12.50, oil meal and other grains, $2.50, hay $1.25, grass six to eight months $7.50 calf meal for four months $3, labor $1.25, tcytal about $25, bringing the calf to a year of age, at wnich time, if she Is of the proper stock, the valua should be about $30, leaving a clear margin of about $5 profit. My calves are weaned at four months old, having used up to that time about $4 worth of milk. Some calves wou:d, of course, be worth more at twelve months old, but none cf proper stock and breeding should be worth less than tne amount I have stated. Calf raising gives no more trouble and costs no more than production of other farm specialties. Ii requires say four months, careful attention on the part of somebody, but the final results repay all the bother attending the early . stages. L. W. C. in the Massachusetts Ploughman.. HANDLING COARSE FOD.t. Each and every farmer should have a good feed cutter for sno fi.ling and for chaffing feed. By running all corn stalks through the machine, !they give better returns when fed, and the coar&er portions left uneaten are in good form for bedding and the manure heap. Long corn stalks are a nuisance in the feeding manger, worthless for bedding, and troublesome in the manure pile. Difficulty is found in a few cases in feeding cut cornstalks as the cows refuse to eat them. In many casts the sharp ends of the cornstalks, when cut certain lengths, injure the mouth of the cows. Where they are not well eaten the cause is often due to overfeeding, or endeavoring to have the cow live on too limited a variety of foods. By keeping the mangers clean and feeding k-e cut fodder with care, very little will be left over, and that only the coars est part. Where different varieties of corn are raisad more of the cut stalks are eaten than if fed uncut under the same conditions. Less waste is found in feeding cut fodder as the animals eat the butts readily, but reject them when fed without being cut. All stock relish it when they become used to It, as well as hay or other chopped foods. Otto Irwin In the Epitomist. CORRECT VENTILATION. The problem of ventilation is Tet unsolved. There ar3 those who maintain that chicks should not ba exposed outside at all, while others contend '. that it is necessary to success that : the house be well ventilated and that i the chicks should be allowed In the yirds. Both are correct. If the wind is in such direction, that no drafts come down on the chicks, and no warmth in the house is carried away, it is well enough to ventilate; but when ventilation brings draughts (especially on damp days), the chicks will take cold. As a cold shows its effects nearly always on the bowels; ths cause is attributed to the food, when the real reason Is that the chicks have been chilled. It Is difficult to convince . most persons that as the chicks are always close to the I floor they get plenty of fresh air. SELLING LATE CHICKS. . - Late-hatched chicks are soM whenever they reach five pounds per pair. The main point in their management is to keep them growing. They must bo fed separately from ' the adults, and should not be crowded, or they will not grow. The best food is tuck, wheat K the mcrning: If buckwheat ir, not obtainable, , use whole wheat. Do not feed too much In the morning, but let them eeek their food on the range. At night give them a mess of cut meat and bone, with a second ration cf wheat, and if they are kept free from lice they will thrive tnd grow rapid,?y. ' . An English Inventor claims to have found a process cf leaking flannelette garments non-iiEammable and at the Eame time antiseptic. . Tha Swiss military authorities are ctcut to &C3j?t hKi for colliers' uii-

STEAMED BREAD PUDDING. Heat one pint of milk to the scalding point, add one cup of bread crumbs, a rounding tablespoon of butter and one cup of sugar. Mix and when cool add three eggs well beaten, a pinch of cinnamon and half a teaspoon of vanilla. Steam in a buttered mold one and one-half hours and serve with a hard sauce. BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING. Butter a pudding mold and lay in thin slices of bread spread with butter and again with jelly or jam. Beat three eggs, add a pint of hot milk and pour over the bread. Steam half an houi and serve with a liquid sauce This is better when steamed in cups, as then even twenty minutes will be long enough and this makes it an emergency dessert. ' MOCK PLUM PUDDING. Soak two cups of fine bread crumbs in four cups of cold milk for two ho'.rs. Beat four eggs, add one-quarter cup of sugar, the soaked crumbs an! milk. Season with a pinch of salt, a saltspoon of cinnamon and a few gratings of nutmeg. Add also two tablespoons of melted butter and One cup of seeded raisins that have stood in hot water for half an hour before seeding. Mix, turn into a buttered baking dish and bake in a moderate oven until firm. Serve with a liquid sauce. BREAD PUDDING WITH MERINGUE. Beat the yolks of four eggs well, add one cup of sugar, the grated rind of one lemon and then mix in two cups of bread crumbs, one quart of milk and a half teaspoon of lemon flavoring. Bake in a buttered dish in a moderate oven until firm. Cover with a meringue made from the whites ol two eggs beaten stiff with one-half cup of powdered sugar. Pile the meringue roughly over the top and color In the oven. LEMON PIE. Line a pie plate with rich paste and gash It slightly in several places to prevent blistering while baking. Bake until crisp. Put the grated rind and the juice of one lemon Into a double boiler with one and one-half cups of boiling water, three level tablespoons of cornstarch mixed with one and onequarter cups of sugar and the beaten yolks of two eggs. Cook eight min utes after it boils up and then fill the baked crust. Cover with a meringue made from the beaten whites of two eggs beaten with one-quarter cup of powdered sugar. Brown slightly in a cool oven. BARBERRY JELLY. A delicious jelly, which is in high repute with English people and families of English descent in this country, is made of barberries. The barberry is a rather seedy fruit for pre serves, but it is sometimes put up; a? currants are, with a pound of raisins to every five pounds of itself and a pound of sugar to a pound of the whole. The barberry should be pick ed late, after it, has been touched with the frost, and the fruit is a deep, dark crimson. The demand for the fruit is so limited that it seldom sells foi more than ten cents a quart, so il must be classed among our inexpen sive preserving fruits. VENISON PIE. This is a dish for hungry hunters and is dslicious served anywhere Cut up three pounds of venison in small square pieces and place then? in a saucepan with a tablespoonful oi butter or. dripping to brown. Then add a tablespoonful of flour and stli until It is well incorporated. Moisten with a quart of white broth or water, and six small onions, salt, pepper, a pinch of nutmeg, and half a teaspoonful of kitchen bcaquet. Let this cook covered, on top of the stove for threequarters of an hour. Lay in a deep porcelain dish and cover the top with a moderately rich pie crust taking care to wet the edges of the dish Brush the surface with the beaten white of an egg, make the proper incisions, and bake in the oven for aboul forty minutes. HINTS TO THE HOUSEKEEPER. Wash enameled shoes with sweet milk, wiping with a dry cloth. This gives them a good polish, and will it is said, preserve the leather from cracking. "Stuffed celery" is hardly as weU known as it deserves to be. Choose large, yet tender, stalks of celery; scrape clean as for ordinary use Make a "stuffing" of grated cheese, tc which has been added half a tea spoonful of lemon juice for each tablespoonful of the cheese. A dash ol paprika is to be given to the mixture which then fills in all the hollow space between two celery stalks. In order to have potatoes alwayj white, the kettle In which they are eroded should never be used for anj other purpose. The market man does not always scale fish thoroughly. A cloth wrung out of cold water and dipped in corn meal is excellent for removing thf last scraps of scales. Rubbing duckf and geese with corn meal after plucking them is also advised.' The down disappears like magic. . ' A convenient household comblna tion of utility and beauty is a large platter of china, with a nickel recep tacle beneath that contains hot water and a hooded covr. This arrange ment keeps everything placed upon 11 at a perfect ' temperature. Daring colors, like yellow and Prus sian blue, are now often used whert suitable to enamel odd chairs for both porch and indoor use. It will be found a ood plan to keej peas, beans, rice, barley, coffee, and in fact, all "dry groceries" in glass Jars. By this means a moment' glance will, acquaint the housewife with the necessity for replenishing hei ctorc3. !) ' Th3 cftcner soup Is strained th clearer it becomes. An old na;ü crvc3 very well for a strainer.

SEPARATOR FOR ASHES.

It is a well-known fact that Americans as a nation are very wasteful, nnd that economy is not practiced where it very easily and advantageously could be. This Is true not on'.y of the rich, but of all classes, and a good Illustration is the waste that 13 apparent everywhere In the burning of coal. Look at the ash boxes on ash day, and notice how few people sift their ashes. Not one out of etery ten. A glance will suffice to show that nearly one-half of what are calloj ashes really contain a considerable amount of good coal. If the ash sifter shown in the illustration were used, there would not be this wa3te. The device Is In the shape of a barrel, open at . its lower end and adapted to set tightly down on the floor. A ban! lifer" nif?naa SLU Iii a ih urn SEPARATES COAL FROM CINDERS. ii m 1 -1. i.i. 1 1 !. supporting a plate is secured inside), the plate being of metal and provided with perforations.. Arranged above the plate la the crusher bar, while projecting downward from the coyei are a number of fingers, which sift the ashes when they are put upon the screen, causing all but the larger pieces to fall through. The bigger pieces of coal can then be readily removed, and after allowing the contents to fall to the crusher the apparatus is again put in operation. The crusher bar breaks up the cinders into small pieces, which fall through the perforations in the plate, while the good coal, being harder, is not disturbed, but can be collected and used again. It is obvious that this device could also be used to advantage for separating other materials, particularly if it was desirable to separate gritty from smooth substances. James Jackson of Chicago, Illinois, is the patentee. Making Money. "Why don't you make money?" mj friends say to me. And I tell them I do not know how. Then they give me the laugh and the gentle "Come off" And the slangy "What's eating yoo now ?" They say I could do it as easy as not If I worked like the fellows who do; That I've got as much sense as manj they know Who have gathered a million or two. They say it is easy enough to get rich If a fellow will only work hard. No matter whatever the field of his toilIn railways, finances or lard. They say I have brains and a good gift of gab And success in the making of friends; That I ought to make money and fame, for a man Is known by the money he spends. Theyi tell me these things with a confident air. And I'm sure they believe what they say, For they jeer when I toil them I cannot because The Lord didn't build me that way. But it's true, just the same, and thest friends wouldn't laugh If I said that I couldn't write verse Or do other stunts in the province of art - Where wealth isn't measured by purse. The poet, the painter, the sculptor is He can't make himself otherwise, No matter how hard he may work nor how long He may struggle to win the fair prize. And so with the genius who piles up his . pile Until he has millions to spare.Unless he is born with the spoon in his mouth You can bet he will never get there. Collier's Wgykly. Story Told ty Ezra Kendall. I have had discouragements," admitted Ezra Kendall the other day. "Once, Just once, years ago, I was arrested. It was in a little Pennsylvania town which we sought to elevate. But it refused to be elevated. We rented the hall for $20, and there was just $19.40 gross In the bouse. The manager, or Janitor, or sexton I forget whlcli was a kindly looking old gentleman, and we had It all framed up to ask him to help us out of town. He came around after the show. 'Boys herald, 'you're shy'on the rent What are you going to do about itr ' "We explained the situation, and he seemed deeply touched. 'Well , boys, it's too bad,' he said. 'You just wait here about twenty minutes.' About three-quarters of an hour later he came back. , " 'It's all right, boys,' he exclaimeed. "I've fixed it. You see I" ain't got all the say, and so I had to consult the trustees. Ifs' all right. .They'll trust you for the CO cents.' " Righteous Indignation. - Towne Some mean rascal passed a bad dollar bill on me to-day. . Anybody who would do that is the lowest kind of a crook. Browne Yes, you're out a dollar, eh? Towne O, I guess not I think I'll be able to pass it off on somebody else. Philadelphia Press. Wron Definition. "After all," rebarked IIuggins,"marriage Is only a lottery." "Don't you believe it, my friend,' rejoined Enpeck. "Men sometimes draw prizes in a lottery." If-we should marry a thin sort of woman, and she should steadily incrcac3 In weight, we would leave her as soon as she reached two hundred and Cft7 pounls. That would bs ths 1

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TTew Train Service, Chioare to et. - Louis. ' The Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad now runs night and day trains to t$e Exposition City, which represent the highest type of railroad construction. When you go to the World'i Fair, be sure your ticket Is made good over this line, and you will enjoy every mile of the short trip. Your local ticket agent will gladly make your ticket good this way if yoo request it Matgio in tht Zani Tribe. "The most startling feat I ever saw," said a guest at the Diller last night, who has made a study of Indians In various parts of the United States for his own edification, "was performed by the priests of the Zuni tribe In Arizona, or, as they were called. The Ancients of Creation.' They seat themselves in a circle on the clay floor, around a Jar that will hold perhaps a gallon, an ancient and sacred earthen vessel, which is filled with water. The chief priest carries In his hand two ordinary eagle feathers, which are tied together at the quill ends so that they make a fork. Behind the circle of the priests are other members of the tribe and the musicians with their drums and gourds, who join in the chants with emotion. The incantations continue for several hours and when the participants and spectators are brought up to a proper pitch of excitement the priest dips the feather tips into the water, lifts the Jar with them and holds It suspended for a minute or two at a height level with his face or breast. Then he lowers it slowly to the ground. This feat Is repeated several times during the performance. Apparently there is nothing in the hand of the priest but the feathers and they appear to be inserted into the mouth of the jar only two or three Inches. Of course, there is some trick about it but I was never able to discover it Seattle PosMntellisrercer. Prunes are the dried irmt of certain kinds of plums which are put into very slow ovens. The finest of all, the French prunes, are made in Pro t nee.

WHACKS And What They Mean. When Old Mother Nature gives you a "whack" remember "there's a reason," so try and say "thank you; then set about finding what you have done to demand the rebuke, and try and get back Into line, for that's the happy place after all. Curious how many highly organized people fail to appreciate and heed the first little, gentle "whacks' of the good old Dame, but go right along with the habit whatever it may be, that causes her disapproval. Whiskey, Tobacco, Coffee, Tea or other unnatural treatment of the body, until serious illness sets In or some chronic disease. Some people seem to get on very well with those things for a while, and Mother Nature apparently cares but little what they do. Perhaps she has no particular plans for them and thinks it little use to waste time in their training. There are people, however, who seem to be selected by Nature to "do things." The old Mother expects them to carry out some department of her great work. A portion of these selected ones oft and again seek to stimulate and then deaden the tool (the body) by some one or more of thr drugs Whiskey, Tobacco, Coffee, TeMorphine, etc You know all of these throw dowL cal analysis. They stimulate and then depress. They take from man or woman the power to do his or her best work. After these people hare drugged for a time they get a hint or mild "whack to remind them that they have work to do, a mission to perform, and should, be about the business, but are loafing along the wayside and become unfitted for the fame and fortune thtt waits for them If they but stick to the course and keep the body clear of obstructions so it can carry out the behests of the mind. Sickness is a call to "come up higher." These hints come In various forms. It may be stomach trouble 01 bowels, heart eyes, hidneys or general nervous prostration. You may depend upon it when a "whack" comes It's a warning to quit some abuse and do the right and fab: thing with the body. Perhaps it Is coffee drinking that Offends. That Is one of the greatest causes of human disorder among Americans. Now then If Mother Nature Is gentle with you and only gives light, little whacks at first to attract attention, don't abuse her consideration, or she will soon hit you harder, sure. And you may also be sure she will hit you very, very hard if you insist on following the way you have been doing. It seems hard work to give up a habit, and we try all sorts of plans to charge our ill feelings to some other cause than the real one. Coffee drinkers when ill will attribute the trouble to bad food, malaria, overwork and what not, but they Ki-ep on being sick and gradually getting worse until they are finally forced to quit entirely, even the "only one cup a day. Then they begin to get better, and unless they have gone longenough to 6et up some fixed organic disease, they generally get entirely welL , It is easy to quit coffee at once and for all. by having well made Postum, with its rich, deep, seal-brown color which comes to the beautiful golden brown when good cream is added, and the crisp snap of good, mihi Java is there If the Postum has been boiled long enough to Taring it out It pays to be well and happy for good old Mother Nature then sends tza her blessings of many and various kinds and helps us to gain faca iftnd fortune. Ctrl? eff the handicap?, leave c-t ths deadening habits, heed Motho Nature's hints, quit belnj a Icscr ana ttccme a winner. Chs will ts!p yea cure if you cut cct Cie thin; thrl t::p yea t;ci. "There's a rcorsa and a prefers 1 Lcci la czch r' r f-r a err? cl C:? f-czj Utllj tr:X EUI to ..V i . '